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Kanji Detail for 辞 - "word, to resign"

辞

  • Meaning

    辞 means "word, to resign." Also associated with farewell.

    1. Word - Language; speech.

    2. Resign - To step down; to decline.

    3. Farewell - To take leave.

  • Words using 辞

    • 辞任 じにん Listen resignation (from a position)
    • 辞職 じしょく Listen resignation
    • 辞表 じひょう Listen letter of resignation
    • 総辞職 そうじしょく Listen mass resignation
    • 辞意 じい Listen intention to resign
    • 辞典 じてん Listen dictionary; lexicon
    • 辞書 じしょ Listen dictionary; lexicon
    • 辞す じす Listen to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to leave

  • Four-character idioms with 辞

    • 外交辞令 がいこうじれい Listen diplomatic turn of phrase; diplomatic language; tactful way of expressing something
    • 美辞麗句 びじれいく Listen flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
    • 社交辞令 しゃこうじれい Listen something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words

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    • Verified meaning: word, to resign
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: farewell

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    resign; word; term; expression

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    words, speech, expression, phrase

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    words, speech; to resign, to take leave

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ji(ジ) ジ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ina.mu(いな-む) いな-む

    ya.meru(や-める) や-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    辛 (shin・karai)

  • Related Keywords

    word resign farewell accuse beg bid quit refuse reprimand withdraw language speech leave decline vocabulary rhetoric

Sentences including 辞

  • I cannot do without this dictionary.

  • She bought a dictionary for her sister.

  • I want to excuse myself from the work.

  • I have no money to buy the dictionary with.

  • This is my dictionary.

  • This is the same dictionary as i lost.

  • You are free to use this dictionary.

  • This is the best dictionary there is in the library.

  • This dictionary is my sister's.

  • Look it up in your dictionary.

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